Half-Life: Hostage Situation Created 18 years ago2005-10-22 08:42:32 UTC by Archie

just re-skinned hgrunts?

you're a moron.

just re-skinned hgrunts?

I am deeply offended!

Confound you!

Those skins look.... strange.

Poof!

The logo was difficult to think of since I know very little about this mod. So if any other ideas pop up, let me now.

I like the style. At least it's not another lambda with some variations.

Hmm.. I'm undecided.

I love them, no doubts there.
But i just cant decide if it suits the mod. It's quite cartoony. I'm gonna be passive. Team vote?

You have some serious skills as a graphic designer. Are you aware of this?

no

actually.. i've sat and looked at them for 5 mins.. I really do like them. I'd be honoured to use them.

did you guys install the chached and gfx wads? i did a lot more graphics than those logos. new font, loading screens and all that.

yeah, they're cartoony, but from what I've seen the mod isn't photo-realistic either so... I think they're great and I'm sure that the colors can be changed to match whatever theme you guys have going.

hmm. yes. I didn't know about colors either.

We can always deviate from this and come up with something.

EDIT: FIRST ON THE 38th PAGE!

you're a moron.

Wow, what a mod leader? I'm deeply impressed.

I am deeply offended!

Confound you!

lol, sry They look very good ofcourse but seeing nearly the same thing from different angles over and over again kinda got weird.

Sajo, please stop being an ass. It doesn't matter if he's the mod leader or not, he can state his opinion however he finds necessary. He isn't in such a high position that he has to carefully edit what he's going to say in case he offends somebody.

on top of that, you were being a moron, so moronpost was justified.

It takes a moron to recognise a moron. OOOOOHH BURN!!!

ZING!!!

What is that zing crap i keep seeing all around the forum?

(zing is sing in dutch
zingen = singing)

SING!!

Zing: A phrase often used toward someone who has just pwned a n00b or common garden moron with a witty and insulting response (often a play on the victims original sentence). Other variations: '[username] receives +10 zing' or 'Snap!'

K. Rofl.

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/

i got us a 24 hour advert scrolling accross the top of weebls-stuff ^_^

Hahaha awesome.

Wow, great!

Some important matters:
IT IS NECCISARY FOR THE WHOLE TEAM TO READ THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

? For media, please use Rimrook's beautiful logo in one of the corners of the picture, and post it on ModDB as well as TWHL.

? This is set post-HL1, remember? Aliens exist. Vortigaunts are still enemies, though, because of... urm.. hmm.. Time distortion fields.. Yep, that'll do.. Time distortion fields which result in them still recieving Nihialinth's brain altering voodoo.. or something.
But i can't stress this enough - Humans are the main aspect of this mod. Aliens should only be used for variation, and should NOT play a large part in your maps. No Gargs, no snarks, no hornet gun, no tentacles.

? This is an abandoned nuclear warhead storage facility for christ's sake. Abandoned being the correct word. I dont want to see halways with shiney bright working labs behind every door. Take my security room for example - as srry pointed out, it's just a bunch of mainframes jumbled in with a load of uncovered wires and a desk thrown in for good measure.
The terrorists have had the base under control for some time, okay, but not enough to have a black-mesa style lab operation.

? This is our mod. Share with each other please. If you dont have some means of contacting every single member of the team, then get one. If need be communicate via PMs, but DO communicate.
the main .wad is getting updated all the time. You guys need to ask for it, and for textures needed on a regular basis. If you dont think you can make a good enough texture, then ask someone on the team who can.

? For those of you who are making your own textures, please save them in a wad called "hostage-situation(chapternumber).wad" so for example - hostage-situation5.wad and prefix all your textures with the title "hs_" (e.g. hs_bookpwn8)

? Aim to finish by September. That is realistic at this point for everyone except perhaps Kasperg. But that's ok, because he doesn't map to realistic standards anyway. I expect he's probably done double what i've done in 2 years already.

? NAME YOUR MAPS SENSIBLY. in order: prefix-chapter-map (hs5a, hs5b, hs5c, hs6a etc etc etc)

? If you dont think you're going to accomplish your task in this mod, then tell me now. I, and everyone else who has hope for HS am sick and tired of time waisters. If you're not going to do the job, then fuck off.

? Get used to posting media regularly. I seem to be the only one posting pictures of my maps. Why is this? Get mapping, get compiling, get screenshotting.

? If you have a particular question about how a part of your map should look in accordance with the story, or you've hit a stump in the plot, then please let me know. I'll figure something out.

? Finally, don't put your name, clanname, real name or whatever in the map using env_messages, env_text's or whatever at the start of your map/chapter. This is not an individual map pack (like Issues). So I don't want to see this:However, only chapter names are allowed, as long as you don't include your name. So in this case "IT SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN A MINUTE" is fine. Or perhaps this:

            Chapter #
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN A MINUTE

would even be better.

This is it. We are realistically on the home stretch. Please dont fuck this up.

note: this message was sent to every fixed member of the HS team via PM as well.

Abandoned

I thought this might be some inspiration, then. It's old news, sure. It's still good though.

Added another point.

You don't think stuff like this should be agreed upon and standardized throughout the entire mod? I mean, we have to display the name of the chapter at the start of it, right? If it was seemingly random whether it showed up or not, that wouldn't make much sense...

I realize we're trying to allow each mapper to have their own style, and show it however they choose, but I'm afraid this is just going to end up as an incohesive mess of well made maps that are trying desperately to fit together, but don't quite make it. If there's nothing to pull the maps together and define them as a whole, then how is this going to be anything other than a glorified map-pack with a central theme and a disorganized plot that's riddled with little holes?

I don't know, maybe I should just get back to working on my chapter and stop concerning myself so much with the logistics of the project, but I'm having a hard time ignoring this stuff. I'm not one to simply let these things slide.

note: this message was sent to every fixed member of the HS team via PM as well.

I didn't receive a PM. I am the News Bitch after all. But in seriousness since you claim you are on the home stretch then how long do you feel it will take to finish Hunter.

how long do you feel it will take to finish Hunter.

less than 4 years maybe.

You don't think stuff like this should be agreed upon and standardized throughout the entire mod? I mean, we have to display the name of the chapter at the start of it, right? If it was seemingly random whether it showed up or not, that wouldn't make much sense...

Im talking about author/name/nick. Leave that out. Chapter title only.So " - By FsC | Hunter" should be left out.

Are we clear?

Stop using my ex-noobness as an example ^_^

Haha! I'd say its a perfect example on how its not supposed to be done.

^_^

Gimme the general look your going for with civilian Barney and I'll start work on him tomorrow.

No helmet.
t-shirt & jeans.

that's about it

Hey.. are you just gonna release this the moment it's done? Or you going to have Beta testers and junk. I know you're testing along the way as you guys are creating the maps/mod as a whole. But leave it to another mapper who didn't create the level to find a glitch.
I didn't bother reading the whole thread to find out if this was previously mentioned/answered, and if it was, slap me. But this mod has been going 'stong' for the better part of 3 years and you, as hunter put it, wouldn't want to fuck it up now"

Holy shit... its still alive.

Here I am thinking... oh yeah twhl... I remember that... I wonder whats up there...

this thing just doesnt die. you all deserve freakin medals.

Tetsu0, if we really need testers, we can always ask other team members to help out. However, I can't see that being a problem.

yeah, i mean we've got 6 people, each of whom will only have contributed 17% of the total mod.

So they've got a lot of other things to check when they play through it.
I dont think we specifically need beta testers.

We also have all the extra limb members of the team who will probably end up playing the internal release as well, namely Habboi, Rimrook, Pepper & Urby.

And i dont know about the rest of the team, but i've been letting my RL friends play my WIPs, so they point out things as well, and i get to see how the chapter might be played from the perspective of someone who didn't make it. It's terribly difficult not to point out the sollution to a puzzle to them.

Allright. sounds like you have it under control. Now all i have to do is sit patiently and wait.

why bother? just because this mod has taken a stupidly long time to be released doesnt mean it will be any good. i mean, theres not even any screens to look at. just bad organization.

All screens will really do is show you how good the mapping is, not the gameplay. But what do you mean there's no screens to look at? Have you been living under a fucking rock?

take the screenshot ratio:

screens taken/days in making

is less than 1% ~ 0% = none!

You could say the same thing about many mods. Look at Black Mesa: Source for a good example.

Stop being so negative.

hey this mod it brilliant just because it exists! the face that a bunch of disorganized forumites have kept a mod going for this many years is a testement to TWHL! no screenshots does not equal a bad mod! reserve judgement untill you play it!

Video is usually better. I resorted to it because many weren't understanding what they were seeing. Even then a voiceover can explain things to help hype people up.

We aren't actually that disorganized, you know. :

Rimrook is right though, a video would be a good idea.

Are you f'real!?

This whole mod is more organized than I am!

but theres no hype!!! you cant get excited about something that isnt exciting! start actually advertising, otherwise the only people to play it will be the twhl minority.

and i am reserving judgement until i play it.

I've actually lost almost all interest in this mod.

Does that mean people should stop making it? No.